Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — GRAND CANYON. [ARTICLE]

GRAND CANYON.

An Ideal Place In Which to Realize the Insignificance of Man. There is one place in this country where a man can step back not by hundreds but by thousands of years, back to the time when the continent was In the making. This place is the Grand Canyon of Arizona. There the visitor sees a panorama in a million colors as the mists gather about the rugged peaks and the sunlight glistens on the metallic deposits of the cliffs. A whole chaotic world discloses itself. Rock forms of uncanny beauty stand out on those unrivaled cliffs, and far down runs the river channeL Stand on some ledge and realize the insignificance of man when compared with the handicraft of nature, watch a party of travelers threading their way down some winding trail that clings to the great wall and see them grow smaller and smaller until they become mere specks In the great rift, then some idea is gained of this wonderful place. Yet the canyon is so symmetrical and so unlike anything else that it is with difficulty that one can acquire any notion of its immensity. Niagara poured in would hardly have the dignity of a mountain stream. —New York Sun.